Liubech, Lyubech or Lubech (Russian and Ukrainian: Любеч) is a small ancient town connected with many important events since the times of Kievan Rus'. It is currently a small settlement located in Ripky Raion, Chernihiv Oblast of Ukraine. Kievan Rus′ (Russian: , Kievskaya Rus; Ukrainian: , Kyivs’ka Rus’) was the early, mostly East Slavic¹ state dominated by the city of Kiev (Russian: Ки́ев, Kiev; Ukrainian: Ки́їв, Kyiv), from about 880 to the middle of the 12th century. ... Chernihiv Oblast (Чернігівська область, Chernihivs’ka oblast’ or Чернігівщина, Chernihivshchyna in Ukrainian) is an oblast (province) of northern Ukraine. ...

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Любеч and article in Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary (35 volumes, small; 86 (?) volumes, large) was published in Imperial Russia in 1890-1906. ...